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377 Henry Administration Building
506 South Wright Street
MC-348, Urbana, Illinois 61801
Tel: (217) 333-3077
Fax: (217) 244-4770

414 Administrative Office Building
1737 West Polk Street
MC-760, Chicago, Illinois 60612
Tel: (312) 413-3557
Fax: (312) 996-9399

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The University of Illinois is the state's best and most comprehensive public university. The family of three distinct campuses in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield and and joined by the Global Campus serve the people of Illinois through a shared commitment to missions of excellence in teaching, research, public service and economic development.

Each campus, led by a Chancellor, makes specific and different contributions to the University's overarching missions. The campuses are strengthened by intercampus cooperation and by University-wide services, yet carry out their academic functions with a high degree of delegated authority and autonomy.

In addition to the three main campuses, the University has health professions sites in Rockford, Peoria and the Quad Cities, continuing education centers in suburban and downstate Illinois, a major teaching hospital and Extension offices in many of the state's 102 counties. Hundreds of online classes are currently available with more expected when the University's Global Campus Partnership launches in 2008.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Established in 1867, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, one of the nation's great research universities, is known for its distinguished faculty, its outstanding resources and the breadth of its academic programs. The campus is deeply committed to educating its large, diverse student body and to engaging critical societal and scientific issues.

University of Illinois at Chicago

The University of Illinois at Chicago, which opened its doors in 1946, is a major research university located in the heart of one of the world's great cities. UIC provides a first-rate education for its students, creates and disseminates new knowledge as a university of growing national and international stature and serves its diverse communities and neighborhoods.

University of Illinois at Springfield

The University of Illinois at Springfield is a small, liberal arts university in the state capital. Known for its focus on teaching, excellent faculty and a proven record in business education, UIS is also becoming a national leader in online education. UIS emphasizes public affairs in its academic and community service pursuits.UIS joined the University family in 1995.

Global Campus

Combining prestige, quality and online education in a strong, supportive, educational environment, the University of Illinois Global Campus offers fully accredited University of Illinois master's degrees, bachelor's completion degrees, and certificates across a broad array of disciplines with courses developed and delivered in partnership with the residential campuses.